Electric soldering-tool.



PATENTED JULY 9', 1907.

N. PBRRELLA.

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for doing heavy work requiring a sustained heat 0i improved manner is made of copper inthe usual erably inadeof the cated, to

i have invented certain new and just indicated, namely or the the handle of the tool and by which the tool may be UNITED STATES 'y PATENT OEEICE.

NICHOLAS PERRELLA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

I ELECTRIC SOLDEBING-TOOL.

Application filed February 20,

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Be it known that I, NICHOLAS PERRELLA, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in New York, in the borough of the Bronx, 'county and State of New York, useful Improvements in Electric Soldering-Tools, of which the following is a specification. A

This invention relates to electrically-heated soldering tools, and has among its objects to provide a tool of this type which can be normally heated to a. certain degree for doing ordinary work and to a higher degree high temperature.'

A A iurther object of the invention is to provide a. soldering tool in which `the heating-coil is disposed in an with regardv to the soldering-head, used for the purposes heating of the tool to and in which said coil may be either of two degrees of heat.

'The invention also purposes the provision` of an improved switch, which can be readily operated roivn heated to a lower heat or to a higher heat according to the work to be done.

With these and other ends'in view the invention consists in a soldering tool embodying the novel features, arrangements, and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and finally recited'in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a side-elevation of a soldering tool constructed in accordance with the invention, Fig. 2 is a. vertical longitudinal section of the same, Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 3--3, Fig. 2, showingthe switch and connections, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line 1f-4, Fig. 2.

In the drawings, a denotes the soldering-head, which form and provided at its rear-portionwitha threaded shank a1 that engages a threaded socket inthe forward end of a core b, prefsameY metal as the head a, The core b serves for mounting the heating-coil c thereon and has applied to its forward end, adjacent to its c onnection with the soldering head a, a disk b1 to which is applied a tubular-shell c inclosing the heating-coil c and attached at its rear-end, by means such as indithe forward Haring end d of a sleeve e, which in turn is connected byA means of a ferrule f to the forward end of a handle h. The handle his formed with an interior bore which dbouchs into the bore of the connecting-sleeve e, and in said two bores is disposed tube fi, maintained dislocation by a bushing j in the handle. The tube i serves for inclosing the electrical connecting-wires, as will be hereinafterA described.,

The handl h is divided transversely im two por;

speciation of Later Patent,

-connected the conducting wires l1,

i the insulating crum two push-rods,l q1,

` Patented July 9, 1907.

1906. Serial No. 302,115.

as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and the rear-portion, which is designated by the reference character h1, ismade hollow, as shown, in order to incluse a switch, by which electrical connection is made with the heating-coil. This switch is mounted upon an insulatingdisk k, which is applied in any suitable manner to the rear-end of the forward handle portion and is provided with a central opening k1 in alinement with the tube t'. At diametrically-opposite points of said insulating disk k are arranged binding-posts l and m to which are m1 respectively. These wires are connected to any suitable source of electricity and pass through an opening o in the rearend of the handle-section hl to their respective binding-posts, l and fm.

At the center of the insulating disk k is arranged an upright post p, to the free end of which is ulcrumed a switch-knife q which is adapted to-coperate with two pairs of coperating contact-springs 1*, rl, applied to disk k at diametrically-opposite points and disposed in a plane at right angles to the bindingposts l, m, as shown. For the purpose of operating the contact-knife q which, as shown, is disposed within the hollow portion of the rear handle-section, said knife has connected thereto, at either side of its fulq' having heads qi, q4 respec-- tively, which are guided in openings in the handlesection h at either side of the opening o. The heads q, q* of said two push-rods are preferably made in contrasting colors, say black and red, for the purpose to be hereinafter described.

The heating-coil c by which tions,

heat is transmitted to the soldering head a, is wound in two sections on the core b, and consists of an inner section and an outer section, both inclosed by the shell C. Each section consists of two wind'ngs, as shown, the inner section4 having, however, four windings throughout a part of its length where it is adjacent to 'the head a1 The.

inner winding isinsulated from the core b by a layer tr of mica or other suitable insulating tional insulating layers c3 of mica being` placed between the different windings of the inner and outer sections. The inner and outer heating-sections of the coil are preferably formed of very thin soit iron wire which will afford the required resistance to the electrical current and transmit the heat of the same to the core b, and, 'by convection, to the soldering-'head a.

The inner end of the inner winding of the inner section of the heating-coil is connected directly with the binding-post m. The other end of the inner section.

is connectedbya conducting wire y with the two cooperating springs r. The second or outer section is a continuation of the inner section and hasI its outer end connected with the contact-springs r, as shown at z. Said section is also 'connected with the upright post p. The wires material, addiwhich connect the heating-coil c1 with the Y double-acting switch are insulated by asbestos-coverings from the tube t' of the handle, and where said wires form connection with the heating coil they are insulated from each other by passing through a plurality ol'layers u. oi mica or the like which are applied by means of a screw 'u to the end of the core b. Said wires also passl through the central opening lc1 in the disk c to their respective binding-posts and contactsprings.

The operation of the improved soldering tool is as i'ollows: When it is desired to heat up the tool preparatory to use, the contacts l, m are connected with a source oi electricity by means oi wires which pass through the opening o in the rear-partei' the handle. The application oi' wires to said contacts is facilitated by the removability oi said handle-section, which, alter being replaced, is preferably held in position by screws hl as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l.. lhe push-rod ql is then pushed in by means oi its head g3, which may be connection is thereby made between the contact l and the contact-springs rl. From said contact-springs the current passes through .the connecting Awire to the outer windings oi the heating coil, and from the same through the inner windings of said coil, and then back to the binding-post m by means of the connections previously described. The electric current traverses both windings of the heating coil, the outer windings aeting in the'nature of a resistance' to the inner coil so as to impart a moderate degree of heat to the core and soldering-head for doing light soldering work. When it be desired to increase the heat of the solderinghead, the action ot' the current is concentrated in the inner windings of thc heating-coil. This is effected by pushing` in the push-rod q2 by its button q* so as t0 form an electrical connection between the bindingpost l, switch-knife q, contact-springs t, and the inner windings of the heating coil, so that the entire current passes then through the windings of the heating coil and then out by the conducting wire of the same to the binding-post m. The entire strength of the current is concentrated upon the inner windings of the heating coil whereby the heating action upon the core and the soldering-head .is greatly increased, so that heavy soldering work can be done by the soldering-head. When again light work has to be done the current is switched over by pressing in the button g3 so as to pass again through the outer and inner windings of the heating coils which are connected in series and reduce thereby the effect of the current in the soldering-head.

readily operated by the thumb, and a It is obvious that the number and arrangement of the various windings el' the heating-coil may be varied according to requirements, and that the windings included in the inner circuit, by which the solderinghead is heated to a high working heat for doing all kinds oi heavy soldering work may also be differently arranged, the windings shown and described heilig merely -by way of example for illustrating a preferred Inode ot' winding the heating coil.

Havingl thus described lny invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. ln an electric soldering tool, the combination, with a core and solderim,r hcad mounted thereon at one end, oi' a heating.r coil mounted on said core and divided intermediatcly of its length into sections, and electrical connections with said coil whereby the current may pass through all the windings thereof or only through the windings of thc section nearest said soldering.r head. v

:2. In an electric soldering tool, the combination. with y a core and a head mounted thereon at one end, o a heatiner coil wound about said core and divided lntermediatcly of its length into sections, of which theone nearest the soldering head includes all the inner windings ot' the coil, an electrical connection with said coil at the juncture of said sections, and means to form an electrical connection between the terminals of the coil or between the terminal connected with the inner windings and said electrical connection.

Si. An electric soldering-tool comprising a core, a head applied to the. forward end thereof, a heating-coil mounted on said core, a sheath inclosing said coil, a handle having a longitudinal bore, a sleeve connecting 'said handle with said sheath and having a bore alined with said firstnamed bore, a switch disposed interior-ly of said handle, and connecting-wires leading from said switch through the bores of said handle and sleeve to said heating-coil.

4. ln an electric soldering-tool, a hollow handle divided transversely into two sections, and a switch mounted ln the forward section and having,r operating-means extending through the rear section.

5. ln a tool such as described, a hollow handle divided transversely into two sections, a disk carried by one section, and :t switch mounted on said disk and embodyingr push-rods operating in openings in the other section.

ti. In an electric soldering-tool, a hollow handle divided transversely into two sections, un insulating disk carried by the rear-dnd of the forward section, a switch mounted on said disk and embodying an intermediately-pivoted contact-knife, and push-rods attached to said knife at either side of its pivot and operating in openings in the rear handle-section.

In testimony, that I cluim the foregoingr as my invention, l have signed my name ln presence of two si )scribing witnesses.

NIGHOLAS rnnnnLLA.

Witnesses PAUL GOEPEL, HnNnY J. Summum. 

